Tag: ised
Auditor General to probe SDTC following ISED-commissioned investigation
ISED paused new SDTC funding after third-party report uncovered conflict of interest, governance issues. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) plans…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration
Plus: US mental health startup Headway raises $125 million at $1 billion valuation. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…
R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability
Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Cardata gears up with new funding, BlackBerry plots connected-car split
Plus: Qualtrics lets go of 780 workers. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….
Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays
Plus: Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s open banking lead extends his term as delays continue
Plus: Clearco recapitalizes, WonderFi eyes Nasdaq. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If…
Ecosystem fears cleantech funding gap as ISED pauses SDTC funding following mismanagement investigation
ISED-commissioned report found conflict of interest, governance issues at SDTC. The Government of Canada has suspended Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) from funding new…
Canada launches voluntary code of conduct for the responsible use of AI
Cohere, OpenText among first signatories. Cohere, a competitor of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, announced it is signing on to Canada’s new voluntary artificial intelligence (AI)…
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others. Earlier this month, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) unveiled its…